Date:	Mon, 12 Feb 1996 14:52:08 -1000
From:	cvdunton@visi.net (Charlie Dunton)
Message-Id: <311fdf8f.86051735@news.visi.net>
Organization: Visionary Systems InterNetNews site
Subject: Re: Fly Kites, Pitch Frisbee, and Ride Bicycles

cvdunton@visi.net (Charlie Dunton) wrote:
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> like a masterful tirology, or beautiful triptych
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I can't believe it! I reread it three times before I posted it.
Oh Well, I doesn't pay to be a smart ass.

Opps! Can we still say that on the net?

I leave you a little red faced.

Charlie

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May you never stand in the shadow of your kite
cvdunton@visi.net


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Date:	Mon, 12 Feb 1996 14:13:33 -1000
From:	cvdunton@visi.net (Charlie Dunton)
Message-Id: <311fd7a6.84026216@news.visi.net>
Organization: Visionary Systems InterNetNews site
Subject: Fly Kites, Pitch Frisbee, and Ride Bicycles

When my youngest son was 3 years old (15 years ago),
he once told his mother excitedly, "I can't wait to be a daddy!"
 She inquired why, and he replied, "Cause all daddies do
is fly kites, pitch frisbee, and ride bicycles".

"Why do you think Daddy goes to NASA", she asked,
coming to my defense.

"To rest", was his reply. Out of the mouth of babes.

This has always been a fun story to tell, but I never really
thought about my hobbies and whether they might be
connected in some cosmic way. Until today. Walking
back from lunch, facing a stiff cold wind, it occurred to me
that they were not only related, they actually formed a
perfect whole, like a masterful tirology, or beautiful
triptych (yes it's spelled correctly, but you better believe
I had to look it up).

When the wind is blowing at your back, you fly kites.

When it's blowing in your face, you ride a bicycle.
This is a chicken and egg sort of thing. Do you
really ride because the wind is blowing in your
face, or is the wind blowing in your face because
you are riding?

And when the wind is blowing from any other direction,
you pitch a frisbee.

Of course when it's not blowing at all, you fly your UL.

Just a thought on a cold, blustery, day.

May you have warm breezes, and never forget those
world famous instructions:
  "Flat flip flies straight, tilted flip curves. Experiment"

PS: If you have my email address, it's probably wrong,
as it changed this month.

new:  cvdunton@visi.net

old: cvdunton@pinn.net

Later
Charlie



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May you never stand in the shadow of your kite
cvdunton@visi.net


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